HERBS

NamingBie Jia (Carapax Trionycis)——Shen Nong Ben Cao Jing (Shen Nong’s Herbal)The Processing of 鳖甲OriginThe back shell of the animal Trionyx sinensis Wiegmann of family Trionychidae.LocationMost areas in the south of China.HarvestWild or cultivated. Captured all the year round, killed, shelled and s

NamingBie Jia (Carapax Trionycis)——Shen Nong Ben Cao Jing (Shen Nong’s Herbal)The Processing of Carapax TrionycisOriginThe back shell of the animal Trionyx sinensis Wiegmann of family Trionychidae.LocationMost areas in the south of China.HarvestWild or cultivated. Captured all the year round, killed

##NameJi Zi Huang (Egg Yolk)The Effect of Ji Zi HuangPropertySweet, neutral; heart and kidney meridians entered.ActionsNourish yin and moisten dryness, tonify blood and extinguish wind.IndicationsRestlessness, insomnia, indigestion, eczema, scalds.Dosage and AdministrationsEating or applying with me

##NameJi Zi Huang (Egg Yolk)The Effect of 鸡子黄PropertySweet, neutral; heart and kidney meridians entered.ActionsNourish yin and moisten dryness, tonify blood and extinguish wind.IndicationsRestlessness, insomnia, indigestion, eczema, scalds.Dosage and AdministrationsEating or applying with medicines

##NameJi Zi Huang (Egg Yolk)The Effect of Egg YolkPropertySweet, neutral; heart and kidney meridians entered.ActionsNourish yin and moisten dryness, tonify blood and extinguish wind.IndicationsRestlessness, insomnia, indigestion, eczema, scalds.Dosage and AdministrationsEating or applying with medic

NamingMa Huang Gen (Radix Ephedrae)——Ben Cao Jing Ji Zhu (Explanation Collection of Materia Medica)The Processing of Ma Huang Gen OriginThe roots or rhizomes of perennial push plant Ephedra sinica Stapf or E. intermedia Schrenk etc. A. Mey. of family Ephedra sinica.LocationHebei, Shanxi provinces, I

NamingMa Huang Gen (Radix Ephedrae)——Ben Cao Jing Ji Zhu (Explanation Collection of Materia Medica)The Processing of 麻黄根OriginThe roots or rhizomes of perennial push plant Ephedra sinica Stapf or E. intermedia Schrenk etc. A. Mey. of family Ephedra sinica.LocationHebei, Shanxi provinces, Inner Mongo

NamingMa Huang Gen (Radix Ephedrae)——Ben Cao Jing Ji Zhu (Explanation Collection of Materia Medica)The Processing of Radix EphedraeOriginThe roots or rhizomes of perennial push plant Ephedra sinica Stapf or E. intermedia Schrenk etc. A. Mey. of family Ephedra sinica.LocationHebei, Shanxi provinces,

NamingFu Xiao Mai (Fructus Tritici levis)——Ben Cao Meng Quan (Materia Medica Companion)The Processing of Fu Xiao MaiOriginThe immature seeds of annual herbaceous plant Triticum aestivum L., annual herb of family Gramineae.LocationAll parts of China.HarvestCollect the light and wizened wheat, sift th

NamingFu Xiao Mai (Fructus Tritici levis)——Ben Cao Meng Quan (Materia Medica Companion)The Processing of 浮小麦OriginThe immature seeds of annual herbaceous plant Triticum aestivum L., annual herb of family Gramineae.LocationAll parts of China.HarvestCollect the light and wizened wheat, sift the dusty,